MEXICO

Rich countries may act on their own to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by developing a carbon market they hope will lure in poor nations even if U.N. climate talks get bogged down, experts said.

Top Mexican broadcaster Televisa and its U.S. licensee Univision on Friday rested their cases in a lawsuit to determine if Televisa can transmit its TV shows to U.S. markets on the Internet.

NRG Energy and eSolar will build a 92-megawatt solar thermal power plant in New Mexico, part of an effort to place 500 MW of solar power in California and the U.S. Southwest, the companies announced on Thursday.

The spread of the ‘swine flu’ also known as the H1N1 flu strain, was officially declared a pandemic on Thursday by the World Health Organization whose director said perhaps her greatest concern is how the virus will behave in the developing world.

The Venezuelan government of U.S.-critic President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday ordered Coca-Cola Co to withdraw its Coke Zero beverage from the South American nation, citing unspecified dangers to health.

The World Health Organization has called an emergency meeting of experts on Thursday to discuss the spreading H1N1 flu outbreak, in a sign the U.N. agency may be poised to declare a pandemic.

A forward-looking measure of hiring expectations held steady in the United States and other large economies amid signs employment is starting to stabilize, but prospects in several countries worsened, according to a quarterly survey by Manpower Inc.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is on the verge of declaring the first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years, but wants to ensure countries are well prepared to prevent a panic, its top flu expert said on Tuesday.

The death toll from a fire at a day care center in northern Mexico rose to 43 on Monday as the governor of the State of Sonora vowed to investigate how the incident originated.

Solar firm SunPower Corp. said Monday it signed a deal with Jabil Circuit to manufacture solar panels in Mexico for the North American market.

Mexico, the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases in Latin America, committed to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 50 million tonnes a year by 2012, Mexico's president Felipe Calderon said today.

A former U.S. State Department official and his wife were arrested on charges of serving as agents of Cuba for nearly 30 years and conspiring to provide classified U.S. information to the Cuban government, the Department of Justice announced on Friday.

Whether you come by your sweet tooth naturally, suddenly find your pants slipping southward from too much road grub, or just can’t face another plate of mystery meat, desserts on the road are a great way to get to know a country’s culinary culture.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) kept its pandemic flu alert at the second highest level on Friday but said that future changes would reflect how severe an outbreak was as well as how widespread.

Global health officials underestimated the risk that pig herds might be a source of new influenza strains, choosing instead to focus on the threat of bird flu, researchers in Mexico said on Thursday.

Two more people have died from the H1N1 flu in New York City, bringing the city's toll to seven from the new virus that has infected thousands of people worldwide, health department officials said on Wednesday.

The spread of H1N1 flu in Australia, Britain, Chile, Japan and Spain has nudged the world closer to a pandemic, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday.

Global consumer confidence is stabilizing after falling for 18 months, providing a glimmer of hope for a shattered world economy in which three quarters of households cut spending, a survey showed on Tuesday.

U.S. retail giants in home furnishings, food and clothing are expected to push into emerging markets such as Mexico, Brazil and China, once the U.S. economy and cash flows improve, executives said.

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that nearly 13,000 people have been confirmed infected with the new H1N1 flu strain but the number of countries affected is stable at 46.

Mexico's peso reversed losses to firm on Tuesday and stocks jumped after U.S. consumer confidence soared in May to its highest level in eight months, boding well for Mexico's exports.